Perhaps it is President Donald Trump who should have heeded the warning, "Beware the Ides of March" from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” The anti-Trump group The Ides of Trump launched a mail protest on Wednesday...
Earlier today, I mentioned that Charles C. Johnson, a right-wing troll and provocateur who thinks he's a real journalist, got suspended from Twitter for asking for help in "taking out" Black Lives Matter activist Deray...
Green, the color of peace and healing, is making a bit of a comeback lately. You might have noticed a green glow coming from your neighbor's porch, or burning in their window late at night....
Earlier this year, it appeared that a police officer in Rainbow City, Alabama had been caught in a horrifying betrayal of trust after being arrested for a sex crime. However, last week, prosecutors dropped a...
High school students in Kansas City, MO did not appreciate the Westboro Baptists coming to protest a transgender teenager, and they showed their support for her in a spectacular fashion.
The so-called Westboro "Christians" had come...
Donald Trump's attempt to bully NFL owners into unloading players who kneel during the national anthem is failing, and failing bigly. Sunday's games saw dozens of players kneel and link arms during the playing of...
As a candidate for president, Joe Biden promised to get control of the COVID-19 pandemic with robust federal intervention and oversight--two qualities the Trump administration did not believe were necessary.
Days before being sworn in, Biden...
This is a sad story with a hopeful ending. Jacob Jean has been through a lot. Four years ago his high school boyfriend Zack, committed suicide. Jean recalls the terrible event vividly and how time seemed to...
Sometimes it feels as if the bad guys are winning. It can be increasingly difficult to find any positive news out there.
Stories of anti-Muslim attacks, anti-gay attacks, and increasing xenophobia are dominating the news.
Now the...
Just hours after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential race, students at Maple Grove High School in Maple Grove, Minnesota returned to class to find racist messages scrawled throughout the school. Messages that appear...
When Pope Francis first uttered the rhetorical question "Who am I to judge gay people?" in 2013, many considered the words the beginning of a new, modern, and more tolerant Papal era.
On Sunday, during a press...
This morning, my fiance and I were talking about the Trump presidency and I had one of those "wait, how did we end up here" moments.
Working side by side writing, as we do every day, we...
It takes a lot for a Republican to do something so outrageously wingnutty that it even enrages a Fox News Channel personality. Well, it looks like Donald Trump reached that point when he declared that...
This weekend may have seen one of the most touching moments of the year--and it isn't related to our election. A brave little Mexican boy was so disgusted by the homophobia in his town that he tried to stop an...
When the #Infantada occupying Malheur Wilderness Reserve in Oregon sent out messages pleading for their supporters to send them snacks (via the Federal government's own United States Post Office, seeing as no privately-owned companies deliver...
There are some real pieces of work in the anti-gay crowd. But even by those standards, veteran activist Eugene Delgaudio is one of the worst of all. Delgaudio is best known as the founder and...
Dealing with crazy relatives, crazy work schedules, and even crazier holiday shopping makes for a pretty stressful holiday season – especially for travelers. Airlines at least try to make the best of things for passengers,...
Do you every wonder who mourns for those who die without any family or friends?
When we die, most of us will have loved ones who will celebrate our lives and mourn our deaths. There are...
Donald Trump's upset victory has made a lot of people wonder if there are any standards left in politics. After all, despite engaging in behavior that, in a sane world, would have ended his campaign...
"Now I realize what I did and wow ... it's really awesome. I mean, I saved a life!" Bonnet said with a laugh.
Saturday, Aug. 1 probably started out like any other Saturday for 17 year...
